In wake of the recent earthquakes in Mexico, including the 7.1 magnitude earthquake near Mexico City, UTEP geologists will be teaming up with scientists from the Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez (UACJ) to travel to Central Mexico on Wednesday to...

On Aug. 25, Veronica Escobar filed paperwork to begin a campaign for Texas’ 16th Congressional District, a seat currently occupied by Democrat Beto O’ Rourke, who is running for the Texas Senate against Ted Cruz. If elected, Escobar will be the first...

When people ask Kenneth Chacón why he still dresses like a cholo—a Chicano with a bald head and tattoos—as a tenured professor, he tells them, “when a homeboy or a homegirl walks into my classroom, I want to say, ‘Ora, cholos welcome.’” “No...

The 13th annual Lincoln Park Day was celebrated on Sunday, September 24 at Lincoln Park, and was hosted by the Lincoln Park Conservation Committee. This celebration is modeled after Chicano Park Day in San Diego, California and its purpose is to celebrate...

  With UTEP President Diana Natalicio in attendance, the Special Collections department celebrated its 50-year anniversary with a special reception on Friday at the library’s sixth floor. Head of Special Collections Claudia Rivers, who...

The Trump administration has officially rescinded Obama-era Title IX rules that dealt with sexual assaults on campus grounds on Friday, September 22. The controversial new directions come in a Q&A format. Betsy DeVos, the Secretary of Education,...

Close to 300 researchers, scholars, and students from all across the Americas are expected to converge at UTEP over the next three days. UTEP is co-hosting the 14th Inter-American Symposium on Ethnography and Education with the Universidad Autónoma...

UTEP has decided to officially support and recognize Indigenous Peoples day, which will be held Oct. 9. Members of UTEP's Academic Revival of Indigenous Studies and Education (A.R.I.S.E) were on the forefront to make this happen by support from other...

Duranguito activists have been on around-the-clock duty in efforts to preserve the Downtown neighborhood from being demolished in order to build a multipurpose arena/center. A week has gone by since demolition efforts started in the neighborhood of...

Ask any college student why they are in school, and you’re likely to get the same answer. What most students want is to get a degree, to be able to get a good job and make a good living. The end goal is to land their dream job. Some may get lucky and...

When you look at a byline from an article, how often do you read a woman’s name? If you can recall doing so, how many of those had diverse last names? Chances are you can’t recall that either. Journalism is supposed to be a field of non-bias...

This week, starting Sept. 21 through Sept. 22, UTEP will bring the largest job fair, the Career Expo, to the Don Haskins Center. “One thing we’re very excited about is we have more companies visiting campus next week. The expo is the fall event that...